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ATLANTA (NSF/FBW) -- Federal appellate judges this week ordered a lower court to plunge back into a dispute about whether a Ten Commandments statue outside the Dixie County courthouse is unconstitutional.
NORTH MIAMI (FBW) – North Miami church planter Jack Hakimian in recent weeks has been the subject of national and South Florida media attention, resulting in a threatened eviction of his church from a public school and being the object of scorn by gay activists.
Despite it being a last-minute invitation, Hakimian agreed to speak at a “GLBT Inclusion Forum” Aug. 8 on a panel tilted heavily in support of gay rights views, seeing it as an opportunity to be an “incarnational” Gospel witness to the homosexual community.
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The consecrated prayer time, set to begin Sept. 16 and continue through Nov. 10, was designed to ask God’s blessings “for His name, for my neighbor and for our nation,” said Rick Shepherd, strategist for the Florida Baptist Convention’s Prayer and Spiritual Awakening Team.
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—A stagnant 2013 Cooperative Program budget of $31.6 million—an amount identical to the 2012 budget—was approved by the Budget-Allocations Committee of the State Board of Missions during its annual meeting Aug. 16 in Jacksonville.
The budget, based on gifts from Florida Baptist churches through the Cooperative Program from June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012, will increase giving to the Southern Baptist Convention by one percent to 41.5 percent. The increase in the SBC portion sustains a commitment by Florida Baptists to raise the percentage allocated nationally to an even 50/50 percent division of funds between the national and state entities.
For several years, religious freedom advocates have expressed concern that a subtle rhetorical change by the Obama Administration may signal a significant policy change that will have consequences for the practice of freedom of conscience around the world.
President Barack Obama and other members of his administration now routinely use the phrase “freedom of worship” rather than or more frequently than “freedom of religion” when describing liberty of conscience in religious matters. It’s not a distinction without a difference.
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“I am proof that one person, even an 11-year-old, can make a difference. And so can you,” said Burkhardt at an Aug. 11 back-to-school event at Florida Baptist Children’s Homes’ Lakeland campus.
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The 30 semester hours of study will not require students to relocate to the Graceville campus except for one week each semester. It is the “best of both worlds,” Davis said.
As a kid growing up in my home church, one of the most exciting times of the year was our annual revival. Oh what a time that was!
Recently, during a flight returning home from an academic conference, I had the most delightful encounter with a lesbian couple. That may not seem like an earth-shaking event. However, in today’s social and political climate, considering our differing demographics, this would be defined as the conversation that should not have happened.
A few weeks ago, I told you that, in my opinion, Lifeway bookstores made a big mistake when it removed copies of “The Blind Side” from its shelves.
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“The only verb in the Great Commission is ‘make disciples,’ and that is my greatest joy—especially one-on-one,” Lampp said.
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During their tenure, the Florida Baptist State Convention experienced unparalleled growth. And the couple energetically called upon all Florida Baptists to embrace the Greatest Commandment through the Great Commission task of the mission field John Maguire called “Favored Florida.”
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“Last year changed my life,” said the member of First Baptist Church of Placid Lakes in Lake Placid. “God completely turned my life 180 (degrees).”
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“It’s a brand new day for the North American Mission Board,” NAMB President Kevin Ezell said as he welcomed the attendees. “Our national strategy is Send North America, which is not only about church planting but also evangelism and church revitalization.”